Suffering: Day 2
Are any among you suffering? They should pray.
James 5:13 NRSV
Thought
You may answer, “Yes, I am suffering!” You suffer because you have loved and lost perhaps the most important person in your life. You may withdraw and become less communicative for a while. You may question your strength and faith. You suffer as long as there is pain. With unadorned spiritual forbearance, name your suffering in the vocabulary of grief, and pray.
Prayer
God, I am suffering. I am in pain. I pray that through suffering I may find my deepest experience of your presence. Amen.
Assurance
Suffering is relieved by prayer.